[BC] Saving History

[Barry Mishkind]

Well, as regular list readers know, the whole 
reason oldradio.com got started, was as a way to 
preserve the history of the industry.

The project has become rather extended over the 
years. In addition to station histories (with a 
lot of help from Xen Scott and others), we have 
added some pictures of the transmitters and 
studio gear over the years. In the past few 
years, we've been gathering a number of manuals 
... both for the pictures, and for those folks 
still trying to maintain/repair gear where the 
manuals have "disappeared."  Harold Hallikainen 
has been a major factor in scanning these 
manuals, and some of the manufacturers have been 
real helpful in posting their materials.

There is a lot left to be done. I'm sure if you 
spend more than a few minutes on oldradio.com, 
you will find at least one picture that you wish we had.

Maybe you can help??????

There are a lot of older transmitters and 
consoles out there, and we'd love to have you 
take a minute and share a picture or two.

EVEN MORE IMPORTANT:  IF your station has a 
printed history, perhaps a book issued to 
commemorate the 50th 75th or some other 
anniversary ... or even a newspaper article with 
the history in your files, PLEASE send me a copy!

There is more and more history disappearing with 
every consolidation and buildout. But if you 
would just take a moment, you can be part of 
saving some history that might help someone.

thanks in advance.

At 11:07 AM 2/22/2006, Donna Halper wrote
>At 12:54 PM 2/22/2006 -0500, hykker at grolen.com wrote:
>>Gary, K?CX wrote...
>> >
>> > I'm not certain what emotion prompts the destruction of historical
>> > material,
>
>Don't get me started.  When I was doing the 
>history for WBZ in Boston's 75th anniversary, I 
>was shocked and chagrined at how little had been 
>saved-- only about 2 boxes worth.  I was told 
>off the record that much of it was tossed out 
>because "it was taking up too much space."  Grrrr.



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Barry Mishkind     -       Tucson, AZ    -   520-296-3797